LITTLE Molly June Appleyard arrived into the world too fast for the rush hour traffic.

She was set to put in an appearance at the road-side ... until the police stepped in to give her an escort to the hospital.

Even with flashing blue lights and sirens leading the way, mum Michelle only made it to the delivery suite in the nick of time

First-time mum Michelle and her partner Andy decided to head for the hospital from their home on The Hoskers, Westhoughton at the height of the regular morning gridlock. But Michelle soon realised that Molly would not wait for nose-to-tail motorists who were refusing to let the white Ford Escort out onto Wearish Lane.

She was set to give birth on the back seat when Andy spotted a police van and flagged it down.

With the help of a passing Land Rover, they halted the traffic and Andy followed the flashing blue lights and sirens to the Princess Anne maternity hospital.

Molly was born less than 10 minutes later.

Michelle said: "It was absolutely chock-a-block and nobody was letting us out.

"I was lying down so nobody could see I was having a baby in the back of the car and they just thought Andy was trying to push his way through.

"If the police had not arrived, Molly would have been born right in the middle of the rush hour traffic.

"The police were brilliant and I would like to say a big thank you to them for their help."

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